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Worth
May 9, 2022
Rebecca Moffett, president of Vanguard Charitable, tells Worth how she and her team help their donors support the causes they care about.
March 3, 2022
The first day of the 12th Annual International Women’s Day Forum brought together businesses, nonprofits, and governments to discuss driving sustainable progress for women globally.
February 21, 2022
In late January, Vanguard Charitable, a nonprofit organization, said its donors granted more than $1.78 billion in 2021, its fifth straight year of record giving and a 6% increase from 2020.
February 17, 2022
Rebecca Moffett is the president of Vanguard Charitable, a national donor-advised fund provider and one of the nation’s top grantmakers. As a long-time donor-advised fund leader and advocate, Rebecca focuses on furthering the benefits of giving for donors, nonprofit partners, and communities around the globe.
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Making A Tangible Impact With Rebecca Moffett
Worth
May 9, 2022
One of the nation’s leading non-profit organizations and sponsor of donor-advised funds, Vanguard Charitable provides donors with the sophisticated tools to make philanthropy easy while amplifying the power of charitable giving. Worth recently spoke with Rebecca Moffett about her driving purpose, the challenges of her career, and why Vanguard Charitable’s specialized technology stands out in the landscape of donor-advised funds.
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Charitable giving continues upward trajectory
Investment News
February 21, 2022
Two charitable arms of asset management firms recently reported record-breaking generosity among their donors, indicating the upward trajectory of charitable giving during the pandemic is continuing.
Read moreHow Rebecca Moffett Of Vanguard Charitable Is Helping To Address The Growing Challenge Of Food Insecurity
Authority Magazine
February 17, 2022
Rebecca Moffett is the president of Vanguard Charitable, a national donor-advised fund provider and one of the nation’s top grantmakers. As a long-time donor-advised fund leader and advocate, Rebecca focuses on furthering the benefits of giving for donors, nonprofit partners, and communities around the globe. She also drives Vanguard Charitable’s mission to increase philanthropy and maximize its impact over time.
Read moreDonor-Advised Funds (DAF) | Pros, Cons, And Strategies
The College Investor
February 9, 2022
Charitable giving is one of the most meaningful uses of money. Many people who start investing early in life will be in a position to give throughout their career and during their retirement years. The donor-advised fund (DAF) is one tool that givers may want to employ to maximize their giving potential.
Read moreNew Tool Helps Banking Providers Capitalize on Charitable Giving
Philanthropy News Digest
January 28, 2022
Vanguard Charitable has announced that during fiscal year 2021 it awarded grants totaling $1.78 billion to 54,000 charities through its donor-advised funds, a 6 percent year-over-year increase.
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Few Donor-Advised Fund Grants Are Anonymous, Controversial Study Says
Chronicle of Philanthropy
January 27, 2022
Only 4.3 percent of grants from donor-advised funds are anonymous, according to a new study.
Read moreInvestors Continue To Give At Elevated Pandemic Levels, Vanguard Says
Financial Advisor Magazine
January 26, 2022
Pandemic-related giving is continuing even as the world enters the third year of the crisis, according to Vanguard Charitable. Giving continues to increase and the areas that have drawn attention because of the hardships presented by the pandemic—hunger and homelessness—are still top of mind for donors, Jodi Rosen, director of product and business development for Vanguard Charitable, said in an interview.
Read moreFamily finances: Virtual philanthropy
The Tribune Content Agency
January 4, 2022
If you want to contribute to a charity that doesn’t accept crypto, funneling your donation through a donor-advised fund that takes crypto can bypass that obstacle. The largest donor-advised funds accept donations of cryptocurrency, and others are expected to follow suit as the investment’s popularity grows. Vanguard Charitable ($25,000 minimum to open an account) accepts bitcoin from existing donors on a case-by-case basis.
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Vanguard Charitable by the numbers
$11.3B +
Dollars granted from Vanguard Charitable since inception.
$4.4B
Additional grant dollars accrued through investment and market impact since inception
1.56M
Individual grants issued to charity since inception.
25.6K
Active accounts as of 10/31
1.7B
Total FY21 Granting $ through June 30
176K
Total FY21 Granting Units through June 30
50K +
# of unique organizations supported in FY21
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What is a donor-advised fund?
A donor-advised fund (DAF) is a charitable giving account designed exclusively to invest, grow, and give assets to charities for meaningful and lasting impact. Here's how it works: You donate assets into a DAF and recommend how those assets should be invested. Your contribution is tax deductible and the assets in the DAF grow tax-free. When you're ready, recommend a grant to a charity you care about, and we take care of the rest.
Who is Vanguard Charitable?
We are the nation’s leading provider of the highest value donor-advised funds. Our charitable investment accounts enable impact to multiply, helping our donors take their giving further. We were founded by Vanguard in 1997 as an independent 501 (c)(3) to make it easier for donors to increase the value and impact of their giving—through lowest-cost, long-term charitable investments. Guided by Vanguard’s time-tested principles of low cost investing, we balance the highest levels of service and convenience with the lowest cost ratios in the industry. We like to say that we help donors take their giving further.
Meet our president
Rebecca Moffett
President
Rebecca is the third president of Vanguard Charitable, a national donor-advised fund provider and one of the nation's top grantmakers. Throughout Rebecca’s 16-year tenure at Vanguard Charitable, she has held multiple leadership roles touching all aspects of Vanguard Charitable’s business. As a long-time donor-advised fund leader and advocate, Rebecca focuses on furthering the benefits of giving for donors, nonprofit partners, and communities around the globe.
She has earned her bachelor’s degree and MBA from Saint Joseph’s University. In her charitable endeavors, Rebecca is an alumnus of Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Eastern Pennsylvania and is also active in her church community. As president, Rebecca will drive Vanguard Charitable's mission to increase philanthropy and maximize its impact over time.